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User agent headers always uneasily remind me of this: https://panopticlick.eff.org/ https://panopticlick.eff.org/

• barking 13y ago
  Is there no way of preventing your browser supplying enough information to uniquely identify your machine?
  • icebraining 13y ago
    NoScript can prevent most information from being gathered, but unfortunately "no information" is actually pretty unique. Using Chrome on Windows with Flash and Java installed is probably the best way to blend in the crowd and make yourself less unique.
  • Wingman4l7 13y ago
    Don't try to rely on Chrome's Incognito mode or Firefox's Private mode, either. IIRC, I tested Panopticlick on the former and it was actually more unique on that particular PC than Chrome in "normal" mode. Panopticlick has been out for a while, so I'm hoping more and more people are going to hear about it and eventually there will be tools developed to combat that sort of device IDing. I did a quick Google search and I found Secret Agent, a Firefox add-on, that claims to "randomize your Firefox HTTP user agent, to surpress device fingerprinting, and resist web tracking" : https://www.dephormation.org.uk/?page=81 https://www.dephormation.org.uk/?page=81